Disproportionate Assets

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday produced a long list of disproportionate assets allegedly belonging to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and others, but said it has "so far" found no link of this wealth to the Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage Corridor (THC) scam. Looking into the list of assets and the declared income of the accused in the THC scam, a bench comprising of justice Ruma Pal, justice SB Sinha and justice SH Kapadia was visibly surprised and said, "For all these...

NEW DELHI: A DMK leader today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on proceedings before the Karnataka High Court on an appeal filed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case and removal of the public prosecutor. DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan sought removal of public prosecutor in the case alleging that he has not been impartial in the matter. A bench headed by Chief Justice ...

NEW DELHI: Former Union communications minister Sukhram was on Friday convicted by a Delhi court for amassing Rs 4.25 crore of disproportionate assets that included seizure of Rs 2.45 crore from his residence in New Delhi. Special CBI Judge V K Maheshwari held the 82-year-old politician from Himachal Pradesh guilty under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The quantum of sentence against the former MP will be pronounced on February 24....

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court today dismissed the writ appeal by DMK leader K Anbazhagan against rejection of his plea for discontinuation of Bhavani Singh as Special Public Prosecutor in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case . A division bench, comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice B Veerappa, dismissed the appeal, upholding the submission of Nagananda, counsel for Singh, that by virtue of Tamil Nadu government...

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court today rejected a prayer by DMK leader K Anbazhagan seeking discontinuation of Bhavani Singh as Special Public Prosecutor in the special bench hearing appeals by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others challenging their conviction in a disproportionate assets case. Justice Anand Byrareddy, before whom the petition came up for hearing, directed Anbazhagan and the ...

NEW DELHI: CBI has booked G E Veerabhadrappa , a Vice-President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT), for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets, a charge refuted by the official who said the case was a conspiracy against him. CBI sources today alleged that Veerabhadrappa, a chartered accountant who was an administrative member on the board, had amassed disproportionate assets worth Rs 3.92 crore during his service between...

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the assets owned by public servants in the state disproportionate to their known sources of income would be confiscated. "If the assets, owned by the state officials, are found to be disproportionate to his/ her known sources of income, these will be confiscated," Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of his 'Janata Darbar' programme, held after a gap of almost seven months. Kumar said an amendment...

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh High Court today dismissed a bail petition filed by YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in an alleged disproportionate assets case. Jagan, who was named as the key accused in the case, was arrested on May 27 and is under judicial remand at Chanchalguda jail here. Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu had completed hearings on the petition on June 27 and had reserved the orders for today. While noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani ...

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received a rap from the Supreme Court for seeking repeated adjournments in a case of disproportionate assets against the CM. In what could reinforce the charges of Ms Mayawati's rivals, CBI counsel T A Khan sought six weeks time from a Bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar to respond to the...

BANDA (UP): An FIR has been lodged against former BSP minister Naseemudin Siddiqui by vigilance department for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Inspector of vigilance establishment at Allahabad, Bharatratna Varshney lodged FIR against BSP national general secretary Siddiqui at Kotwali police station yesterday, Additional Superintendent of Police Swami Prasad said here. On July 2, the Uttar Pradesh government gave permission to...

NEW DELHI: The political fallout of a judicial decision has seldom bothered the judiciary, but it appears that in 2012 the Supreme Court delayed the judgment on the CBI's probe into disproportionate assets cases against the Samajwadi Party chief and his sons to await completion of assembly elections. On March 1, 2007, just before the assembly elections, an SC bench headed by Justice AR Lakshmanan had ordered the CBI to probe into...

CHENNAI/BANGALORE: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa today walked out of a Bangalore prison following Supreme Court granting her bail in a graft case, arriving to a grand homecoming with scores of avid supporters turning up to welcome her despite heavy downpour. The 66-year-old former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister stepped out of Parappana Agrahara Central Prison at Bangalore after completion of all formalities, with the Special Court...

BHUBANESWAR: A Special CBI Court here today convicted a former general manager of the state-owned Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited (IPICOL) in a disproportionate assets case. A case was registered under section 13(2) (read with 13(1) (e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act) and chargesheet filed against Jogendra Charan Nayak , ex-general manager of IPICOL, Bhubaneswar, for possession of disproportionate assets. ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Friday bail plea of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa , undergoing jail term of four years for amassing disproportionate assets. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu posted the case for hearing on October 17 after senior advocate Fali S Nariman pleaded to the court to "accommodate" the case in this week itself. October 17 will be the last chance for Jayalalithaa to come out of jail...

BANGALORE: It was initially seen as a political master-stroke, when J Jayalalithaa announced that she was going to take a salary of just Rs 1 when she became the chief minister (CM) for her first term in 1991. That came back to bite her later. DMK's M Karunanidhi, the man who succeeded her as CM in 1996, only had to do a simple calculation. A monthly salary of Rs 1 would only amount to Rs 60 in five years, so where did Jayalalithaa's assets to the tune of...

BHUBANESWAR: A Special CBI Court here today convicted a former general manager of the state-owned Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited (IPICOL) in a disproportionate assets case. A case was registered under section 13(2) (read with 13(1) (e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act) and chargesheet filed against Jogendra Charan Nayak , ex-general manager of IPICOL, Bhubaneswar, for possession of disproportionate assets. The...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today granted three weeks time to BSP supremo Mayawati to file her reply on a plea seeking direction to CBI to lodge fresh FIR in a disproportionate assets (DA) case against her. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha adjourned the case for five weeks and also allowed the petitioner to file rejoinder on Mayawati's reply. The apex court had on January 17 agreed to hear the PIL filed by a Uttar Pradesh ...

BANGALORE: A special court here today deferred by a week to September 27 pronouncement of its verdict in the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others. Also, the court will deliver its verdict at the makeshift location of Gandhi Bhavan near Parapanna Agrahara Central Prison in view of security to be provided to Jayalalithaa, who enjoys Z category security, for her personal appearance....